Reduce Amazon RDS costs with these tips
Amazon RDS cost saving tips
Optimize your Amazon RDS costs with these tips
Rightsize Instances
Make sure your instances are rightsized to your workload. Monitor CPU usage of your database instances for a longer period. If the weekly average CPU usage is below 40% you can safely half the instance size.
Reserved DB Instances
You can purchase reserved database instances from AWS. This can save you up to 70% compared to on demand costs. Depending on the length of the contract and commitment. Make sure to also factor in database backup costs.
Migrate To Aurora
Amazon Aurora offers a better price performance ratio and is compatible with MySQL & Postgres. It also includes useful features like Global Databases and serverless options. If you have variable traffic patterns serverless might be more cost effective.
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Service information & pricing
About Amazon RDS
- About Amazon RDS
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Amazon RDS is a cloud service for scalable databases, offering security, monitoring, auto-updates, and more. It supports seven engines and on-premise deployment, promotes innovation, reduces costs, and ensures easy migration.
- Amazon RDS pricing
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Amazon RDS, a managed database service, offers a free trial, with payment based on usage. Choose between On-Demand or Reserved Instances for significant discounts. Storage options & data transfer costs vary. AWS's Free Tier is available to new customers.